Inja [Dog] is a 2002 South African short film directed by Steve Pasvolsky. Using a Xhosa boy as a pawn, a farmer teaches his puppy to be white man's best friend. Ten years later, both their lives hang in the balance at the mercy of the dog. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
Overall, Matthias & Maxime doesn't reinvent this romantic concept. But it also doesn't need to. Dolan weaves a story of love, friendship, and life that is both realistic and bittersweet. The film is nuanced and sensual in a way we don't get to see often with LGBTQ characters. It's a film that we can celebrate.
These openly gay Hollywood figures risked so much by being honest about their sexuality: judgment, loss of employment, hate – even violence and death.
A recent look at gender and racial diversity in film shows some signs of progress. However, white men still make up the vast majority of actors and directors in top-grossing films.
For one widowed father and his five kids, an extraordinary gift will change their lives forever.
A haunting look at grief, survival, and a mother’s quiet collapse in a world that never gave her room to fall.
